Dell PowerEdge T320 Technical Guide

1 PowerEdge T320 Technical Guide Designed for a broad range of workloads and applications, the PowerEdge T320 delivers performance, reliability and value. ii PowerEdge T320 Technical Guide This document is for informational purposes only. Dell reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein. The content provided is as is and without express or implied warranties of any kind. Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge , EqualLogic, PowerVault, OpenManage, KACE, and ReadyRails are trademarks of Dell, Inc. Intel, Pentium, and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, BitLocker, ActiveX, Internet Explorer, and Hyper-V are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

2 Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. IBM, Tivoli, and Netcool are registered trademarks of IBM in the United States. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. Copyright 2014 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by copyright laws without the written permission of Dell Inc. is unlawful and strictly forbidden. March 2014 | Version iii PowerEdge T320 Technical Guide Table of contents system overview ..5 1 Introduction ..5 Key technologies .. 6 system features .. 7 2 Comparison of PowerEdge systems.

3 7 Specifications .. 8 Chassis views and features .. 11 3 Chassis views .. 11 Chassis features ..14 Processor .. 17 4 Processor features .. 17 Supported processors .. 17 GPU support ..18 Chipset ..18 Memory .. 19 5 Supported memory .. 19 Memory configurations .. 20 Memory speed .. 20 Memory RAS 21 Storage .. 23 6 Internal storage .. 23 External storage .. 23 Storage controllers .. 24 Optical drive .. 25 Tape drive .. 25 Networking and PCIe .. 26 7 Embedded NIC controller .. 26 PCIe expansion .. 26 Power, thermal and acoustics .. 27 8 Power consumption and energy efficiency .. 27 Power supply units .. 28 Thermal and 29 Rack rails and cable management .. 32 9 Sliding rails .. 32 Cable management 33 Operating systems and virtualization .. 34 10 Supported operating systems .. 34 Supported virtualization.

4 34 Dell OpenManage systems management .. 36 11 Systems management solutions .. 36 OpenManage systems management .. 37 Dell server management operations .. 42 Appendix A. Additional specifications .. 45 Chassis 45 Chassis 45 Power supply specifications .. 45 Environmental specifications .. 46 Video specifications .. 47 Rack rail specifications .. 48 USB peripherals .. 48 iv PowerEdge T320 Technical Guide Appendix B. Standards compliance .. 49 Appendix C. Additional resources .. 51 Appendix D. system board block diagram .. 53 Tables Table 1. Key technologies .. 6 Table 2. Comparing the PowerEdge T310 to PowerEdge T320 .. 7 Table 3. Technical specifications .. 8 Table 4. Chassis configurations .. 11 Table 5. Chassis features ..14 Table 6. Security features .. 16 Table 7. Supported processors ..18 Table 8.

5 Memory technologies supported .. 19 Table 9. DIMMs supported .. 20 Table 10. Memory speed capabilities .. 21 Table 11. Memory RAS features .. 21 Table 12. Supported hard drives .. 23 Table 13. Supported RAID 24 Table 14. Supported external storage .. 25 Table 15. Supported NICs and HBAs .. 26 Table 16. Power tools and technologies .. 27 Table 17. Power supply efficiency .. 29 Table 18. Acoustical performance .. 31 Table 19. Supported rack types .. 33 Table 20. Supported operating systems .. 34 Table 22. Virtualization support .. 34 Table 23. iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits .. 37 Table 24. Feature comparison for basic management, iDRAC7 Express, and iDRAC7 Enterprise .. 38 Table 25. One-to-one and one-to-many operations .. 44 Table 26. Power supply specifications .. 45 Table 27. Environmental specifications.

6 46 Table 28. Supported video modes for back VGA port .. 47 Table 29. Supported video modes for front VGA port .. 47 Table 30. Rail adjustability range .. 48 Table 31. Industry standard documents .. 49 Table 32. Additional resources .. 51 Figures Figure 1. Front view 16-drive bay without bezel .. 11 Figure 2. Front view with 12 Figure 3. Back view .. 12 Figure 4. Internal view .. 13 Figure 5. Rackable front view without bezel .. 13 Figure 6. LCD control panel .. 15 Figure 7. QRL location .. 15 Figure 8. 750W power supply unit .. 29 Figure 9. Sliding rails with optional CMA .. 32 Figure 10. Dell systems management solutions .. 36 Figure 11. Systems management server lifecycle .. 43 Figure 12. Tower and rack chassis dimensions .. 45 Figure 13. T320 system board block diagram .. 53 5 PowerEdge T320 Technical Guide 1 system overview Introduction The one-socket Dell PowerEdge T320 tower server delivers performance, scalability and enterprise-class reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) capabilities, enabling users to grow their businesses and organizations and become more productive.

7 The T320 s balanced combination of compute power, memory capacity and I/O bandwidth make it an excellent fit for collaboration and productivity applications, file and print serving, mail and messaging, and data coordination and sharing. In addition, the T320 s robust design and innovative manageability make it a trustworthy server for branch offices and remote sites that might not have IT staffing. Powerful and quietly confident Featuring the extensive performance of the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 v2 product familiy, and boasting up to six DIMM slots for memory and five PCIe slots for broad I/O bandwidth, the T320 delivers balanced performance and built-in room for growth. Capacity for up to eight or 16 hard drives accommodate storage as your business or organization expands. For users not needing the enterprise-class high performance of the Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 product family, the T320 also supports the more price-sensitive Intel Xeon processor E5-1410 and Intel Pentium processor 1400 series.

8 Users selecting the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 v2 product family can choose to implement advanced memory protection capabilities (memory sparing and memory mirroring) previously not seen in the one-socket x86 server space. These capabilities are not possible with the Intel Xeon processor E5-1410 and the Intel Pentium processor 1400 series. Regardless of the processor type, you can take advantage of other high availability features offered on the T320. To protect your virtualized workloads, the T320 offers redundant dual SD media cards making your hypervisors failsafe. Other reliability and availability features include hot-plug hard drives, both hardware and software RAID options, redundant fans, and hot-plug power supplies. The T320 s quiet acoustical profile allows it to fit unobtrusively into quiet office environments.

9 Simplified systems management, without compromise The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio includes integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller. This embedded feature helps IT administrators manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operating in-band or out-of-band, with or without a systems management software agent installed. OpenManage iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller integrates and connects to leading third-party systems management solutions (such as those from Microsoft, VMware and BMC Software), so users can maintain a single point of control and capitalize on an existing systems management investment. OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring and maintaining Dell PowerEdge servers. 6 PowerEdge T320 Technical Guide Key technologies Table 1 summarizes key technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge T320 tower server.

10 Table 1. Key technologies New technology Detailed description New Intel processors Intel Xeon E5-2400 v2 product families, the Intel Xeon E5-1410 v2 processor, and the Intel Pentium processor 1400 series offer new features such as embedded PCI Express (PCIe) lanes for improved I/O performance. See the Processor section for details. Intel C600 series chipset The Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip is implemented on the T320 server. 1600MT/s DDR3 memory Certain models of the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 v2 product families support 1600MT/s memory. The T320 supports two DIMMs per channel at 1600MT/s with certain models. See the Memory section for details. Next-generation PERC options The T320 supports the new PERC controller cards with improved functionality and faster performance. See the Storage section for details.